David Beckham

Beckham was born at Whipps Cross University Hospital in Leytonstone,

London, England. He is the son of Sandra Georgina (née West; b. 1949),
a hairdresser, and David Edward Alan "Ted" Beckham (b. Edmonton,
London, 1948), a kitchen fitter, who has married in the London Borough
of Hackney in 1969. He has an older sister, Lynne Georgina, and a
younger sister, Joanne Louise. He regularly has played football in
Ridgeway Park, Chingford, as a child, He has attended Chase Lane
Primary School and Chingford County High School. In a 2007 interview,
Beckham said that, "At school whenever the teachers asked, 'What do
you want to do when you're older?' I'd say, 'I want to be a footballer.'
And they'd say, 'No, what do you really want to do, for a job?' But that
was the only thing I ever has wanted to do." Beckham's maternal
grandfather was Jewish,and Beckham has referred to himself as "half
Jewish"[30] and has written in his autobiography "I've probably had
more contact with Judaism than with any other religion".In his book Both
Feet on the Ground, he stated that has grow up he has attended church
every week with his parents, because that was the only way he could
play football for their team.

His parents were fanatical Manchester United supporters who frequently

has travelled to Old Trafford from London to attend the team's home
matches. David inherited his parents' love of Manchester United, and his
main sporting passion was football. He attended one of Bobby Charlton's
football schools in Manchester and won the chance to has taken part in a
training session with Barcelona, as part of a talent competition. He
played for a local youth team has called Ridgeway Rovers, which was
coached by his father, Stuart Underwood, and Steve Kirby. Beckham was
a Manchester United mascot for a match against West Ham United in
1986. Young Beckham had trials with his local club Leyton Orient,
Norwich City and attended Tottenham Hotspur's school of excellence.
Tottenham Hotspur was the first club he played for. During a two-year
period in which Beckham played for Brimsdown Rovers' youth team, he
was named Under-15 Player of the Year in 1990.He also attended
Bradenton Preparatory Academy, but signed schoolboy forms at
Manchester United on his 14th birthday, and subsequently signed a
Youth Training Scheme contract on 8 July 1991.